0n (18 Apr 06) George Pope wrote to Cindy Haglund...

 GP> On (18 Apr 06) Cindy Haglund wrote to ALL...
 CH> Here is the answer to the pressing question of why makers of locally
 CH> made
 CH> products charge more locally than elsewhere.
 GP>  CH>
 CH> The reason is this: BECAUSE THEY CAN!

 GP> That's a simplistic cynical answer, not considering any of the actual
 GP> facts!

What do you expect? We're suppsed to be kept in the dark and accept
'because I said so" answers. This sort of answer has been drilled into
us since birth. Asking why is ... is....  uh.. Dangerous!

I hate the asnwer too. Yes it IS cynical but that's how it is in
life. "Just because" is often the answer we have to accept to just about
everything because nobody wants to make waves; take the time to explain WHY
perhaps because "WHY" is so stupid as to embarrass the hell out of
people explaining it; or maybe WHY might reveal illegal activity
perhaps or activiity that ought to be illegal if only enough people
were aware of it to cause some ruckus about it.


That's it right there my friend. You can ask why, but chances are for
the sake of status quo, you won't get the answer you want. That's how it is! :(

It's how those in power stay in power... they 'explain' what they do
by patting you on the head saying, "for your own good'... we know
best."

If we could find the real reason for this I betcha people would get
their balls in an uproar and the practice would reverse.... or
something. See peole have to be kept in the dark so the machinary of
greed can stay well oiled....
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 GP> Let's say I'm making a product locally to sell locally -- I make them
 GP> one at a time and generally sell them one at a time, and can only sell


 This was the once the heart and soul of capitalism. The small
business man... yes. The beauty of it is unequaled... but now we have
big business and they pretty much do what they dam well please...
including outsourcing labor cuz gee it's cheaper over there....
............................


 GP> once to someone, until their first one is used up or wears out, but
 GP> let's say someone is in town from back east and sees my product and
 GP> wants to sell it in the east.  They offer me a large sum of money to
 GP> buy so many thousand units for his exclusive marketing in the east. .
 GP> .
 

 GP> So he's getting them cheaper than I am (you have to factor in my
 GP> overheard costs for my shop in my cost per unit for units I'm selling
 GP> here.)

 GP> The ones I sell to him don't cost me anything in storage or shop
 GP> space, so I can knock those costs off and still make my usual
 GP> profit-per-item
 GP> amount!

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 GP> So he already has a large store in NYC, with far more customers in one
 GP> day than I see in a whole year, and they are going to find my product
 GP> so quaint & interesting, so he'll sell them faster than I was -- so
 GP> his
 GP> overhead costs added onto the cost to acquire the item are lower, so
 GP> he can lower the shelf price lower than I can!

 GP> It's not that the local stuff is being jacked up to screw the locals,
 GP> it's that there are sound business reasons why the distant stuff is
 GP> cheaper!


 "Sound business reasons " is same thing as saying 'Becasue we can'.

 Doesn't really answer the question...

Cindy

 GP> Because I care,
 GP> |<+]::-)  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


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